I bought chocolate. I bought milk and I bought bread. I bought a pill too. Strangely the convenience store had everything I could ever imagine!

Okay, maybe not everything.

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Just thinking these things got me drooling. But I had to control myself.

When I finally went to the counter, the guy at the counter gave me a rather ominous look. We never really talked. And I didn't want to either.

He finished charging me silently and it came out at forty silvers, not even half a gold.

'Well, that was cheap.' I thought I'd be spending half of my money today, but I didn't even get the chance to spend even five percent.

I didn't care though. As long as I had good food, everything was cool.

With a delighted mood, I headed for the dorm.

The world looked a lot colorful today. And my mouth kept on drooling despite my best efforts.

It wasn't the evening yet. I still had plenty of time before dinner, but it sure didn't stop me. I was going to stuff myself either way.

To the onlookers, I might have looked like a moron, but in my heart I knew, I'd just won big time. The prize? Chocolate, of course!

I had three bags with me. One had different kinds of bread, one had plenty of milk and chocolate milk. And the last one had, chocolate, espresso powder, coco powder, and a Nutella. I was going to go crazy today.

I never liked coffee but it always made chocolate taste richer for me, so I wasn't holding back anything today.

But I guess, swimming in chocolate could wait until I got a bit richer.

I didn't spend anything on electronics yet. I had plenty of time, so I didn't really want to worry about all that any time soon. Besides, I had these chocolates on my mind instead.

***

I reached the dorm in due time and Merin was sleeping peacefully on the bed. He kept the door unlocked so I didn't bother to wake him up.

'What if a thief got in here?'

I guess it would have been Merin's fault then.

I took the pill and waited.

But time didn't move.

'Why the hell is time being so damn slow? Did someone stop time!?'

One second, two seconds, one hundred seconds…..one thousand seconds…

I looked at my phone but it's only been five minutes. 'Damn it!'

Did the whole world slow down or something?

How was I supposed to wait for half an hour like this!

I tapped my feet on the floor, patience wasn't my middle name and after the abstinence, I'd shown, I didn't feel like waiting even a second let alone twenty-four more minutes!

I wanted to dive in right now.

"What happened to you?" Merin woke up.

"I can finally eat dairy!"

He looked at me like I went crazy or something but I guess he wasn't wrong. I might have gone a bit crazy at this point.

"How long do you have to wait?" Judging by his composure he already knew I'd taken the pill. Meaning, he knew all along.

But I wasn't mad. I didn't care about the past. I just wanted to eat some chocolate!

"Ten more minutes."

"Really?"

"Fifteen."

He raised a brow.

"Okay, okay, it's twenty more minutes."

"Next, you're going to say twenty-five." Merin chuckled.

Well, he wasn't wrong, I still had twenty-three minutes remaining. "Time is moving awfully slowly."

"No, it's just that you're too excited. Calm down a little and it'll move normally." Merin yawned. "I'll go get fresh."

Merin went out but my heart wasn't calming down.

"Wait, dark chocolate doesn't have milk!" I had no idea why I didn't think of it before.

With shaking hands, I picked up some expensive luxury chocolate. I started to unwrap it. This whole thing felt more exhilarating than anything else.

Finally! After one whole week, I could taste chocolate again.

I could almost cry. In fact, I might have been leaking regardless.

"You're such a drama queen." Merin entered.

And now time moved fast!?

I guess I took too long to undress my lovely chocolate.

I didn't care. I was tasting chocolate after so long! It tasted bitter and made me want to throw it back up because of the aftertaste, but it sure didn't stop me from gobbling it down. "This is heaven."

And I savored every moment.

"Then why are you making that face, like you're about to puke? Tell me, do you actually like eating dark chocolate?" Merin took his seat.

I actually didn't. It was too bitter for me. And yet- "I think I might be sick."

"Stop eating it already. Just wait for the meds to kick in and then have all your damn chocolate milk and get over it. It's not like it's all the food this world has to offer."

I wanted to say Merin was wrong, but the puking feeling in my gut wasn't letting me. Eating four dark chocolate bars at once probably wasn't a good idea.

I stopped eating and lied down.

Merin poured some broculi juice. "Drink this, might be good." His smug smile was definitely annoying.

"We still had those? And I'd literally throw up if I drank that."

Merin chuckled. "Worth a shot." He drank the stuff while pouring me orange juice instead.

This time I didn't complain and just chugged it down.

I felt a bit better. "I guess I should rest."

Citrus always did make me feel better whenever I felt like throwing up.

I closed my eyes and rested.

Beep*

Beep!

But when I opened my eyes again, it was already morning and my alarm clock was going wild. "Oh, man." As usual, I woke up with a headache.

I'd blacked out last night and didn't remember anything.

'You got to be kidding me.'

How the hell had I slept through over ten hours and without even noticing?

I forgot about the most important thing! I forgot to eat the chocolate milk and bread!

Well, at least Merin had the decency to throw everything in the mini-fridge. It didn't have any space left though.

On a second look, I might have bought too much. 'Can I finish all of this in a week?' More importantly, most of the stuff would go bad or at least taste terrible by the end of this week anyway.

But I couldn't eat it now either. So instead, I just grabbed a glass of water and headed out. "Let's finish my exercise first I guess." I also took my wallet.

'Maybe I should use all this and throw a party?'

Since I'd already spent a lot on these, it was always an option.

"I can't eat no more-" And as usual Merin was having his sweet dreams.

Did the guy really talk in his sleep or was this just an act? Honestly, I wanted to know, but I didn't have the time.

But no matter how I thought about it, I shouldn't have bought so much stuff.

'Mom was right.' So with another sigh, I headed out for morning practices. 'I'm an idiot.'